Motlagh, ME and Ziaodini, H and Qorbani, M and Taheri, M and Aminaei, T and Goodarzi, A and Jafari A, Ataie and Rezaei, F and Ahadi, Z and Shafiee, G and Shahsavar, A and Heshmat, R and Kelishadi, R (2017) Methodology and Early Findings of the Fifth Survey of Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and Prevention of Adult Noncommunicable Disease : The CASPIAN - V Study. International Journal of pereventive medicine (23).
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This paper presents the methodology and early findings of the fifth survey of a school - based surveillance program in Iran. METHODS: This nationwide study was conducted in 2015 as the fifth survey of a surveillance program entitled " Childhood and Adolescence Surveillance and PreventIon of Adult Non - communicable disease " ( CASPIAN - V ) study . The protocol was mainly based on the World Health Organization - Global School student Health Survey . We studied 14400 students, aged 7 - 18 years, and their parents living in 30 provinces in Iran. Fasting blood was obtained from a sub - sample of 4200 randomly selected students. RESULTS: The participation rate for the whole study and for blood sampling were 99% and 91 .5%, respectively. The mean (SD) age of participants was 12.3 (3.2) years, consisting of 49.4% girls and 71.4% urban residents. Overall, 16.1% were underweight (17.4% of boys and 14.8% of girls), and 20.8% had excess weight consisting of 9.4% (8.7% of boys and 10.2% of girls) of overweight and 11.4% (12.5% of boys and 10.3% of girls) of obesity. Abdominal obesity was documented in 21.1% of students (21.6% of boys and 20.5% of girls). Low HDL - C was the most prevalent abnormality of the lipid profile (29.5%) followed by high serum triglycerides (27.7%). Of students, 59.9% consumed whole wheat bread; and 57% reported that they never or rarely added salt to table. The reported daily consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables, and milk was about 60%, 32% and 40%, re spectively. 13.7% of participants had at least 30 - min daily leisure - time physical activity. CONCLUSIONS: The current findings provide an overview of the current health status and lifestyle habits of children and adolescents. This surveillance program woul d help planning preventive programs at individual and community levels. KEYWORDS: Children and adolescents; methodology ; prevention ; surveillance
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health |
| Divisions: | School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | mrs Maryam azmoode |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2017 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2017 09:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.jums.ac.ir/id/eprint/22 |
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